Receptacle for holding and delivering aromatic substances.



. Patented June l0, |902. A E. 0. WITM'AN. RECEPTACLE FORHOLUING AND DELIVERING'AROMATIC SUBSTANCES.

(Application led Dec. 19, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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EDlVARD OTTO WITMAN, OF MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

RECEPTACLE FOR HQLDING AND DELIVERING AROMATIC SUBSTANCES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 701,980, dated June 10, 1902.

Application filed December 19J 1901. Serial No. 86.479. (No model.)

To tZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, EDWARD OTTQWITMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Malden, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Receptacles for Holding and Delivering Aromatic Substances, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a receptacle for aromatic solid substances from which portions of the contents can be withdrawn from time to time as desired without permitting the aroma of the substance remaining to deteriorate byescape to the air. An example of the class of substances which depend largely upon their aroma for their value and desirability is common ground coffee, and I illustrate my invention in its applicaton to a coffee-jar.

In the drawings hereto annexed, which .eX- hibit an embodiment of my invention, Figure 1 is a vertical section of a jar; Fig. 2, a plan view illustrating a mode of suspending the jar for use; and Fig. 3, a cross-section along the line 3 3, Fig. l.

A is a jar of ordinary shape provided with a threaded4 lip A', to which a cover may be applied inthe ordinary manner. In the mouth of the jar A there is secured by any convenient means a cup B, whose surface B slopes toward the eccentrically-placed aperture C, the periphery of which is in a plane substantially parallel with the plane of the cover D. The cupB has, therefore, the shape of an eccentric and rather flat funnel. The cover D, which has a screw-threaded flange D2 screwed over the neck Alof the jar A, has an interior lining D', composed, preferably, of some yielding material, like rubber, rubber and cloth packing, or soft leather-board. The cover D is pierced at E, the opening E being eccentrically placed upon the cover D and provided with means, such as an internal screw-thread, for the attachment of the receiver F. The receiver F is preferably transparent and may be carried, as shown in Fig. 1, so as to assist the person using it in measuring out stated quantities of material taken from the receptacle A. When attached to the cover D, the receiver F closes the jar against the admission of air and prevents the escape of the aroma of the contents of the jar A. For convenience in handlingI- recommend that hangers, such as G, be provided and securedto the Wall-cupboard or other fixture, whereby the jar Alcan be held in inverted position, as seen in Fig. 1.

The operation of the' above-described embodiment of myinvention is as follows: The jar Agis iilled up with'fre'sh-ground coffee by 6o pouring it through the aperture C of the cup 13, and thefcover D is then screwed on until it occupies the position shown in solid lines in Fig. l, the inside of the cover or its lining D pressing against the mouth of the opening C and constituting a valve therefor. The jar is then hung up, as seen in Fig. l. If it be desired to withdraw a portion of the contents of thejar, the cover D is given a half-turn', which brings the opening E, and consequently 7o the receiver F, into register with the apern lture C. This position of the receiver F is in-v dicated at F in dotted lines in Fig. l. The contents of the jar or receptacle then -run into the receiver F `until the desired amount is obtained, when'the cover D is turned back to the position shown in solid'lines in Fig. l and again operates as a valve to close the aperture C. Then the receiver F is unscrewed from the cover D and its contents usedv as de- 8o sired. The receiver Fbeing transparent enables the user to see Vthe amount of material flowing into it.

It will be observed from the foregoing description that at no time are the contents of the receptacle exposed to the outer air and that the quantities of fresh air which may be .Y admitted to the spaces between the cup B and the cover D by reason of the removal of the receiver F are 'insignificant Thus the -9c aroma of the contents of the receptacle is conserved, and the last portion of its contents to be withdrawn will be as fresh and aromatic as the rst. 5

What I claim, and desire to`secure byLetters Patent, is- .r

l. The combination of a receptacle, a cup therein provided with an. aperture, a cover, movable on its seat and coperating with the cup-aperture to form a valve therefor, an roo opening in the cover, a receiver removably attached to the cover at the opening therein and closed from the outer air, the cover-opening and cup-aperture being so disposed that movementof the cover brings them into and out of register with each other as desired.

2. The combination of a receptacle, a funnel-shaped cup therein provided With an aperture, a cover, movable on its seat and cooperating with the cup-aperture to form a valve therefor, an opening in the cover, a receiver removably attached to the cover at the opening therein and closed from the outer air, the cover-opening and cup-aperture being so disposed that movement of the cover brings them into and out of register With each other as desired.

3. The combination of areceptacle, a cup therein provided with an aperture, a cover lined with yielding material and movable on its seat and coperating With the cup-aperture to form a valve therefor, an opening in the cover, a receiver removably attached to the cover at the opening therein and closed from the outer air, the cover-opening and cupaperture being so disposed that movement of the cover brings them into and out of :register with each other as desired.

4. The combination of a receptacle, a cup therein provided with an aperture, a cover, movable on its seat and cooperating With the cup-aperture to form a valve therefor, an opening in the cover, a transparent receiver removably attached to the cover at the opening therein and closed from the outer air, the cover-opening and cup-aperture being so disposed that movement of the cover brings them into and out of register with each other as desired.

5. The combination of a receptacle, a cup therein provided with an eccentrically-placed aperture, a screWcover cooperating with the cup-aperture to form a valve therefor,an opening in the cover, eccentrically placed, a receiver removably attached to the cover at the opening therein and closed from the outer air, whereby a turning movement of the cover brings the cover-opening and cup-aperture into or out of register with each other, as desired.

Signed by me at Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, this 14th day of December, 1901.

ED WARD OTTO WITMAN.

Witnesses:

EBo GRoLL, FRANK S. HARTNETT. 

